NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 vs ATI Radeon HD 4890

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 and ATI Radeon HD 4890. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GF100GPU NameRV790
GF100-ES-DT1-A2Model numberRV790 XT
(215-0758016)
FermiArchitectureTeraScale
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size55 nm
3,100 millionTransistors959 million
529 mm²Die Size282 mm²

Graphics Card

Never ReleasedRelease DateApr 2nd, 2009
GeForce 400FamilyRadeon R700
(HD 4800)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 200PredecessorRadeon R600
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

1536 MBMemory Size1024 MB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR5
384 bitMemory Bus256 bit
134.4 GB/sBandwidth124.8 GB/s

Performance

16.86 GPixel/sPixel fillrate13.60 GPixel/s
33.73 GTexel/sTexture fillrate34.00 GTexel/s
1,078 GFLOPSFP32 (float) performance1,360 GFLOPS

Clock Speeds

700 MHz
2.8 Gbps effective
Memory Clock975 MHz
3.9 Gbps effective
527 MHzGPU Clock850 MHz

Render Config

512Shading Units800
64TMUs40
48ROPs16
64 KB (per SM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
768 KBL2 Cache256 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
292 mm
11.5 inches
Length241 mm
9.5 inches
375 WThermal design power (TDP)190 W
750 WSuggested PSU450 W
2x DVI
1x mini-HDMI
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video
2x 8-pinPower Connectors2x 6-pin
P1022Board NumberB790-31

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX10.1 (10_1)
4.6OpenGL3.3
1.1OpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
5.1Shader Model4.1